The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-07-02
SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1887.
LOCAL AFFAIRS

of the graduates at the theological seminary
Gettysburg, Pa, on Tuesday evening.
Door to- Virtue Lodge, A. F. A. NJ, oil
this city, held its last meeting before the
summer vacation last friday night
Mr.. Nathan Shipley, of this city, had ripe
tomatoes in his garden the first OF this week
the first of the season raised in this section.
The First National Bank of this city OF
Thursday declared semi-annual dividend OF
five per cent clear of National and State
taxes.
The Arcadian Fishing Club, of Hanover,
Pa, went into camp yesterday on the banks
of Big Pipe creek, near Bruceville, and will
remain about seek.
Attend the Democratic primaries to-day.
Every Democrat who can possibly do so
ought to be present at his district meeting.
The convention will be held on Monday.
Mr.. James W. Beacham, the well-known
ice cream manufacturer at Avondale, up to
Thursday night had received orders for about
700 gallons of ice cream for the Fourth OF
July.
The Western Maryland Railroad. begin
ming Yesterday, is selling tickets at two
cents a mile at all stations on its road, good
to return on July 5lh Tickets good on all
regular trains.
A communication ticket on the Western
Maryland Railroad, between Carrollton and
Westminster, issued to Miss Carrie Reese,
was found in Westminster n few days ago and
left at this Office for the owner.
There will be no special observance of the
Fourth of July in Westminster beyond the
closing of the banks and business houses, and
q parade by the Westminster Fire Depart
sent and Westminster Brass Band at night.
Rev. ]. A. Earnest, of Mifflinburg, Pa,
formerly pastor of Grace Lutheran Church,
this CITY. on Sunday evening last preached n
sermon TO the Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg,
Penna.
AT the First NJ. +. Church, Baltimore, on
Wednesday next, Miss Helen, daughter Of
Prof j. G. Robinson, of Baltimore, is to be
married to Thomas J. Tull, jr. The bride
elect has visited Westminster and is quite
well-known to many persons here.
The annual Festival for the benefit of St
Johns Parochial School, this city, will be
held in the beautiful grounds at the school
house daring the week commencing July lSth.
As usual the grounds will be brilliantly light
ed and there will be excellent music.
There is g representation of the Brooklyn
Bridge in one of the large windows OF the
store of S. Kanu, Sons & Co., in the Albaugh
and lace. A train is upon the bridge and
below are two steamboats,. The bridge is
neat piece of work.
Wheat harvest has been very general in
Carroll this week, and the weather has been
fine for the work. Most of the crop has been
cut, the small yield rendering the work light.
The crop, as a whole, will not much exceed
that of half of an ordinary yield, though some
farmers will get good returns.
Edward J. Leader, editor of the Hanover,
Pa, Spectator, died on Tuesday, afer ling
.ering illness He was in his 39th year, and
had been connected with the paper since
childhood. Mr.. Leader was careful and
conscientious man and his death will be a
great loss to that thriving town.
Through the efforts of Col. f. d. Selby,
Reisterstown has town clock. AT meet
ing Of the citizens, resolutions were passed
thanking him for his work in securing suf-
cient funds to purchase the same, and he was
presented by them with a meerschaum pipe
and box Of choice tobacco. Elder f. A.
Chick made the presentation speech.
A woman tramp was committed to Jail on
Wednesday evening. During the day she
begged some goods at a store, representing
herself as the sister of brother who had
store in New York, and was burned ont.
Later she was offering to sell soap, which she
had probably begged, and still later was
drunk.
The cannery of B. f. Shriver & Co., this
city. is running nigh and day, and the pack
Ibis year promises to be large. by the new
psahuller 100 bushels of peas were hulled
last Saturday. The capacity of the machine
is about $50 bushels an hour. One day last
week between 1000 and 13, 900 cans of peas
were put up.
Messrs. n. II. Baumgartner and John II.
Cunningham, of the Westminster Cycling
Ramblers, took run to Baltimore and back
on their wheels the first of the week. About
the middle of August these two wbeelmen
will start on trip through Pennsylvania and
New York. visiting Harrisburg, Rochester,
Watkins Glen, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, thence
to Albany, and down the Hudson to New
York, then home again.
A letter to the ADVOCATE from Wadesville,
Va, under date of June 23d, says: "Mr.
Jesse Myerly has purchased small farm of
10 acres, with mill upon it, for SO, 700, near
Fairfield Station, midway between Berryyille
land Charlestown, and will occupy it next
= April. Mr.. James Duterer has gone back to
MARYLAND, after a two weeks visit to his son,
and Mrs. Jesse Myerly is visiting her mother
and friends in Maryland"
The reel and hose house, for the East End,
was erected this week, on the rear oil the
premises of Mr.. Hugo Il. Fiddis. The Fire
Department will keep n reel and section OF
Ihos!e there for public convenience. Had it
bees placed there prior to Monday night, the
DAMAGE by the fire at Mr.. Pearee's house
would not have exceeded So. The fire,
,,boweyer, did not hasten the work, as the
Department had already made arrangements
to put up the reel house this week.
A change is made in the running of mails
between Woodbine and Florence, as follows:
.s;som March to October |, leave Wosdbine
daily except Sundays at a. M, arrive ut
Florence BY II. M. leave Florence daily ex-
..cept Sundays at S.l5 q. NJ, arrive at Wood
HING by 9.45 a. ~. From November ] to
february IS, Leave Woodbine daily except
SUNDAYS at a. M, arFiga ut Florence by 10
N. M; leave Florence daily syeept Sundays
at 10. 80 a. M, arrive at WoodbiGe by II M
The camp of the Westminster Forest and
Stream Club will open on the Third Haven,
opposite 0xiGrd, onDr. Hardcastle's proper
~. on "Wednesday next. DR.. George h.
Baughman. S. Car IVickert. John j. Reese,
Jesse C. Sharfer, Frask Sanford. +. Il.
Shaeffer and Il. !. Lawyer will go down on
Tuesday The latter part VI the week b. +.
Grouse, c. II. Baughman. Charles Moore,
Harry Gorsuch and Jas. A. Dihenbaug6 will
go down. The camp will be open three
weeks.
Mr.. James B. Matkews, well-known citi
zen of Howard county, died last Sunday night
at Glenwood, ia the 96th year of his age He
was the father Of DIR. j. p. Mathews. of Bal,
timore, formerly OF this city. The deceased
was for number of years presiding judge OF
,the Orphans Court OF Howard county, and
was one of the founders and a prominent
director in the Montgomery County Mutual
Insurance Company, in the prosperity OF
which he took u warm interest. he was a
tneseber Of the Methodist Protestant Church
for more than fifty years.
The Cookery farm dispute is still aga,
tating three railroads and the citizens OF
Cumberland aud Western Maryland The
Court Of Appeals has recently gwen q de-
cission, and now the Cumberland and Pied
mont railroad has got a jury Of copdeM
nation on the farm, which Is leased to Mr.,
Mayer, of the Cumberland and Pennsylvania,
and which lease expires in February next.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad is backing the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania road. for the
purpose Of shutting out competition by the
Guanberland and Piedmont road. The at
Aorneys in the case are: Hon. William Walsh
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